I will be touring with the punk group, Rise Against, in Canada from Nov 30-Dec 11th.

Though I have played Canada many times, this is my first official tour of Canada. The last tour I did with a punk group was the Against Me! tour. I faced a fair amount of resistance from uber punk kids, but it was mostly love. I hope for the same this time through.

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Tue Sep 30, 2008 4:16 pm

firefly

Joined: 27 Sep 2002
Posts: 3990
Location: Montreal

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My girl and I are PSYCHED (she's as big a fan as I am).

Tue Sep 30, 2008 4:21 pm

squirtisblow

Joined: 12 Mar 2003
Posts: 1589
Location: SFV

haha isn't rise against some of the guys from 88 fingers louie, which was a punk band out of....chicago i think. not sure about that. anyway it;s funny cuz i'm listening to them right now. random. haven't listened to them for years either.

Tue Sep 30, 2008 4:23 pm

breakreephomophobic yet curious

Joined: 27 Sep 2004
Posts: 6627
Location: Fifth Jerusalem

I wish I could see one of these shows. I wish even more I could've seen one of the Against Me! shows.

Sigh.

Tue Sep 30, 2008 4:25 pm

Oh Daesu

Joined: 11 May 2005
Posts: 1848
Location: Vancouver

Will you ever come to vancouver?

Tue Sep 30, 2008 4:41 pm

Klone

Joined: 24 Mar 2007
Posts: 383

I used to listen to Rise Against alot.. haven't in awhile.
I've wanted to see them for awhile though maybe i'll try to make it to montreal.

Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:05 pm

2bSHAKESPERIAN ACTOR

Joined: 29 Aug 2003
Posts: 4584
Location: A stain by the bay...

That should be fun, a canadian tour in the middle of winter. Best of luck to ya, give them canucks some good shows.

Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:28 pm

Gibson13

Joined: 09 Feb 2007
Posts: 223
Location: Toronto

ah..where's the toronto show? everyone plays toronto...

Tue Sep 30, 2008 6:05 pm

duck_shoe

Joined: 15 Sep 2002
Posts: 1362
Location: Right here, fool.

I happen to be off work for an entire week starting on the 8th and I have people I need to visit in Ottawa and Montreal. This works out really well for me.

Tue Sep 30, 2008 6:20 pm

PoetryBox

Joined: 14 Feb 2007
Posts: 452
Location: brampton, ON

awesome news!!!! no toronto show but Hamilton and London are close enough for me...im gonna try to catch both

Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:22 pm

Reggie

Joined: 01 Jul 2002
Posts: 5766
Location: Queens, NYC

I was at the NYC show with Against Me!, I thought the crowd was reasonably receptive. I didn't hear any boos or horrible heckling. there were a couple of kids in the back making snide remarks, but nothing too disparaging from what I remember

Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:24 pm

Sage FrancisSelf Fighteous

Joined: 30 Jun 2002
Posts: 21671

In Jacksonville the soundguy shut my power off.

In other cities I had yelling matches with crowd members.

I never lost my cool. It's something I totally expect at shows like these.

But I lose my temper when heckling happens at shows where I'm the headliner. If I'm opening for a band of a different genre I'm totally prepared and willing to fight the tide.

Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:26 pm

FuseONE

Joined: 11 Jul 2002
Posts: 1715
Location: Newark, DE

My friend and I opened for Dizzee Rascal in Philly once. I was not having a good night cause a friend of mine had just died and I was in no mood for those assholes. I almost fought like 3 people in the front row.

"The Sufferer and The Witness" has some really good songs on it. Dude's voice is amazing!

Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:39 pm

reverse midas

Joined: 01 Dec 2006
Posts: 523
Location: crack rock city

hey sage....i don't mean this as disrespect, just out of curiosity.

why tour with major label punk bands instead of more indie bands, like epitaph bands for example? i remember you doing some shows with bad religion (i think)...

rise against is definitely still doing their thing the same on a major as they were on fat, so i don't want to get into all that shit, but i was just wondering about the major label vs. indie band crossover thing.

Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:14 pm

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